The Fitness Journal

I am currently completing a course in cardiovascular fitness assessment and program design. It’s interesting because it’s focus is on steady state cardio training, whereas most of the trainers that I most respect primarily focus on interval training. Is interval training better than steady state cardio? In many respects yes, but if you are training for a long distance run, triathlon or other long distance event, you need to incorporate some steady state cardio for your chosen discipline. Most sedentary people will find that steady state cardio is a gentle way to ease their way into training.

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Wayne

Recent research has confirmed yet another health risk associated with being obese - obese people are 20 per cent more likely to contract bowel cancer.
Furthermore the research suggests that even carrying a little extra can increase the chances of developing the disease, so maintaining  low bodyfat is an extremely important factor for reducing cancer risk.

Bottom line, keep eating well and training hard so that you can keep off that extra weight.

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Wayne

I believe that you should eat sensibly at Xmas but not be too strict about it. It is important to enjoy the day, the company and the food. You will make people uncomfortable if you are too focused on what you “shouldn’t” eat. On the other hand, you should try not to “pig out” and eat everything in sight. Unless of course, you are on a serious bulking cycle. (^_^)

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Wayne

Here are some random thoughts on training and nutrition:

• For a good basic training approach, train 3 times a week for 45-60 minutes each session
• Primarily use compound movements
• Think interval training instead of steady state cardio
• Incorporate some form of structured progression in your program design
• Eat healthy and eat often
• Make good food choices most of the time

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Train Smart, Love Life.
Wayne

 Over the last few years people have been telling us about the benefits of eating dark chocolate. So how much good is chocolate actually doing for you?  Mike Roussell, author of Your Naked Nutrition Guide has recently blogged about this and unfortunately it isn’t good news. As always Mike has written an informative and entertaining post that you should really check out.

I have to admit I enjoy chocolate on occasion but I don’t try to pretend that that eating it is doing me any good.

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Train Smart, Love Life.
Wayne